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Iwakuni Kintaikyo Airport, co-located with Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, is a joint civil-military aerodrome on the Seto Inland Sea coast of Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Honshu. It combines United States Marine Corps flying operations with scheduled domestic airline services, giving the field a distinctive mixed-traffic character. A single long, lit, hard-surfaced runway with an ILS approach makes it a straightforward yet interesting VFR destination for the simulator pilot exploring this part of Japan.
Iwakuni Kintaikyo Airport, known jointly as Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, sits in the city of Iwakuni in Yamaguchi Prefecture on the Japanese island of Honshu. The field is a dual-use facility, hosting United States Marine Corps aviation alongside scheduled domestic airline flights, which gives it an unusual blend of military and civil operations for a pilot to observe when flying in the area.
The aerodrome lies at 34.145 N, 132.247 E, at an elevation of 10 feet, on the coast of the Seto Inland Sea in Yamaguchi Prefecture. Area control in the vicinity is provided by Fukuoka Area Control Centre on 126.1 MHz, with Fukuoka Information also available on 128.2 MHz for traffic beyond the local control zone. Local approach and departure control operate on 128 MHz, with tower on 123.8 MHz and ground movement on 121.3 MHz.
The airfield has a single physical runway, 02/20, a hard-surfaced strip 7,998 feet in length. It is lit for night operations and equipped with an ILS serving runway 02, giving an instrument approach from the northeast for arrivals in poor visibility.
Radio facilities at Iwakuni include Tower on 123.8 MHz, Ground on 121.3 MHz, Approach and Departure both on 128 MHz, and ATIS on 128.4 MHz. Clearance delivery functions are split between a general clearance delivery frequency on 135.7 MHz and a pre-taxi clearance delivery frequency on 134.1 MHz. Fukuoka Area Control Centre covers the wider airspace on 126.1 MHz, and Fukuoka Information is available on 128.2 MHz. A Pilot-to-Metro Service, Iwakuni Metro, provides weather information on 34.46 MHz.
Iwakuni Kintaikyo Airport continues to operate as a joint facility, combining Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni's military flying activity with scheduled domestic airline services. The runway's ILS on 02 supports instrument approaches, and the field's dual civil-military status means pilots should expect a mix of military and airline traffic in the pattern and on frequency.